"I've lived on the Internet for so long that what we do is not unusual to me, but to the rest of America it is. It's very strange."

"I've lived on the Internet for so long that what we do is not unusual to me, but to the rest of America it is — it's very strange," Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh tells Mashable.

Huh admits the camera style used for LOLwork resembles NBC's The Office (it even has interview-room confessionals). However, he assures viewers the comparisons end there, particularly regarding the cast, which works out of the company's Seattle office.

"There's no Dwight," he says, jokingly. "These characters don't exist in this world. We have our own personalities. I'm not Michael Scott if that's what you're asking."

I Can Has Cheezburger often posts memes and GIFs in real-time during TV shows or broadcasts such as the 54th Grammy Awards, and the website plans to continue this effort during each televised LOLwork episode.

"This is so f___ing meta, we're going to end up covering ourselves," Huh exclaims, describing LOLwork as not a "clip show of animals," but rather an exploration of Internet startup employees in and out of the office.

LOLwork premieres Wednesday at 11 p.m. EST, but you can watch the first part of the inaugural episode here:

Cheezburger Network, which consists of I Can Has Cheezburger and 50 sister sites such as FAIL Blog, Know Your Meme, Memebase and The Daily What, made headlines in January when it protested the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act by shutting down its sites for a period of time.

LOLwork isn't the only Bravo show about startup life. Bravo premiered Start-Ups: Silicon Valley on Monday. The show highlights young entrepreneurs' journeys to build a successful tech business.

BONUS: Speaking of Cats ...

The 15 Best Cat Memes Ever

1. Nyan Cat

The most acclaimed web cat is Nyan Cat, an 8-bit animated feline, who won Meme of the Year at the Webby Awards in May.

"Nyan Cat has transformed into this viral entity that has surpassed not only everything I originally expected for my art but for memes in general," Torres recently told Mashable. "It’s gained its own amazing subculture with incredibly creative fans."

2. Keyboard Cat

Orange tabby cat Fatso (a.k.a. Keyboard Cat) most recently appeared in a parody of U.S. President Barack Obama's Google+ Hangout in February 2012.

Keyboard Cat's origins, however, date back to 1984, and its popularity rose in 2007 after a clip was uploaded to YouTube. That video now has 25 million views. Keyboard Cat tends to make appearances in spoofs and even in commercials.

6. Happy Cat

Without Happy Cat, the humor website — which turned 5 this year — might not exist.

Maybe I Can Has Cheezburger will give Happy Cat a cameo in its forthcoming reality TV show.

7. Breading Cats

Warning: Please do try this at home.

Breading Cats, the series of photos featuring cats with bread has headgear, resurfaced this year after Gawker published an article about the "hot new Internet meme" in January. The meme began last fall.

8. Chemistry Cat

We'd call this wisecrack a "smarty pants," but we're not sure Chemistry Cat is wearing any.

This feline's jokes are a thing of science...literally.

9. Longcat

This critter's name says it all. Longcat is known for its body length.

12. Serious Cat

"A very f***ing serious white cat popularized by imdb.com user Timmys_DownTheBloodyWell. He is Emperor and Supreme overlord of a board called 'The Sandbox' as well as President of the Anti-squirrel coalition. In his spare time he enjoys spreading awareness of the seriousness of a thread, killing infidels (mostly squirrels), and he also taking long llama rides on the beach."

13. Ceiling Cat

"Ceiling cat is watching you masturbate." With those words plopped onto this photo, the pic rose to fame in 2006, according to Know Your Meme.

14. Lenin Cat

Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin first got the cat meme treatment in 2007, when I Can Has Cheezburger posted a photo of the stern-looking cat with the attached text:

"MAKE READY MY SHIP GENERAL. IT IS TIME TO SHOW THOSE DOGS WHAT WE ARE MADE OF."

The text-over-photo meme gives another meaning to "Leninism," don't you think?

15. OMG Cat

So this is how OMG Cat reacted when he found out he was chosen for Mashable's "15 Best Cat Memes Ever" list.

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